Hillsboro recorder. (Hillsboro, N.C.) 1887-18??, 1887-08-18
GENERAL NEWS.
CURRENT EVENTS ON THIS CON.
TINENT AND ACROSS SEAS.
Enecfs Of Hot weather -Drewpinss, Steam
boat and Railroad Accidcnts-The
Deadly Lightning, etc., etc.


Enecfs Of Hot weather -Drewninss, stesm-
boat and Railroad Accidents-The
Deadly Lightning. etc., etc.
The heat is very intense at Chicago,
ILL.,. the mercury going up to nearly 100.
There was white frost at WellsviIle,
N. Y, aud the thermometer registered
only forty degrees above zero.
In fight between strikers and new
men at the Alden mines, near Wilkesbarre,
Pa. about dozen men were wounded.
BY neglect Of telegraph operator,
two freight trains collided at White Hill,
N. ]. Fireman George T. Powell, OF
Jersey City. was killed.
The King Of Abyssinia, who is hold
ing for ransom Maj. Sayoiroux Of the
Italian army, captured at Massowah, de-
mands $40, 900 for him.
Baron Billings, late French embsssa-
dor TO Sweden, while visiting friends
in Alsace was expelled from the province
by German officials.
M. Magnier, editor OF the Eyenment,
ias fought duel with M. Reinach OF the
Republique Franchise in Paris. The weap-
ons were swords. Reinach was wounded.
A flre occurred at Concord, N. H., in
large warehouse. Eight members Of
brass band practicing in the fourth story
were injured BY dropping from the win
dows.
The scarcity OF farm hands in the
wheat belt OF northern Minnesota and
Dakota has become alarming, and farm
ers arc offering exorbitant wages to save
the abundant crops.
The roof II Charieton's Opera-house,
in Springfield, ILL.,, fell, carrying huge
mass OF debris into the center Of the
building. The accident was caused by
heat shrinking the timbers. No one was
hurt.
Sam Woo, a Chinese laundryman,
brought suit for libel In the United States
court against the Detroit, Mich, Free
Press, claiming $4,000 damages. He al
leges that the Free Press falsely stated
that he fought sparrows in his establish
ment.
A dispatch from st. Thomas, West
Africa, received al London, England,
says, that letters have been received at
Stanley Pool from Henry NJ. Stanley,
announcing his arrival at Aruhximie
Falls, and stating that all Of his party
were well.
An immense anarchist meeting took
place In the city park Of Kansas City,
Mo w. III. Clemens, local sgitator
urged the tearing down Of police courts
and jails, and said II the Chicago Hay
market scene was repeated the authori-
ties would be to blame.
Prof. Tyndfll hiss written another
scathing article 10 the London Times al.
tscking Mr.. Gladstone. lie says that all
the facts tend 10 verify the fact that Mr..
Gladstone Is merely the resonant mask
throug which John Morley flows over
the land his fanaiicsl treason.
Nine. EIluini, while travelling in the
country, some distance from Paris,
France. left the coach 70 relieve the
horses upon reaching hill. When she
resumed her seat she discovered the loss
Of vslise containing yaluables worth
100000. Her male servant has been ar
vested on suspicion.
William NJ. Gibson, the deposed prime
minister Of the Hawaiian kingdom, who
was tried on charges Of robhing the pub.
lie treasury, and who escaped from tho
island after his acquittal, has arrived IN
San Francisco, CAL, from Honolulu on
the brig John ID. Spreckles. lie viii soon
70 10 South Carolina, where he formerly
lived.
While Sheriff Charles II. Lacy, Of At.
lantic City, N. j., was absent al the fun.
efal Of bis wife, there was m attempt on
The part Of the prisoners at the jail, AZ
Maye's landing. 10 escape. They were
led By housebreaker, named Slocum,
who, with an iron pump handle beat y
hole through the ceiling and effected an
cutrhncc into the attic. They were driven
back 81 the point Of .he pistol and Sc
cured.
Hiram schoonayaf, OF Brownsville, Neb.
shot his mothcr.in-law In q watermelon
patch under the impression that phe was
Q skunk. He was watching for thieves.
and about 10 O'Clock Al night m object
appeared 10 the corn and slowly approach
ed. A dog sprang ai II and suddenly
reiterated. This convinced ScIoonavar
that the intruder was a skunk, and he
fred.
AZ tho meeting Of the Indiana State
Board Of Health, reports were presented
showing that the jails In Lawrence and
Perry Counties are unfit for human hab.
itaiion. In Lawrence County the over.
seer Of the poor.honsc hired the inmates
out a. fi,5b week and pocketed the
procced. Young children were forced
% slcep with old inmates who were AZ.
fected with loathsomt diseases